Dumbledore and Grindelwald Bare Their Hearts! Plans for the Aftermath!

At the outset, Dudley sent Dumbledore and Grindelwald into a separate starry battlefield, giving the two of them a chance to talk alone.

After meeting, they looked at each other's youthful faces, and their minds were soon flooded with memories of the past. Their thoughts about the current decisive battle were temporarily pushed aside.

They stared at each other for a long time without speaking.

After a while, Grindelwald was ultimately the first to lose his composure. In a resentful yet deliberately calm tone, he asked:

"Albus, don't you have anything to explain to me?"

"Don't you already know, Gellert?"

Dumbledore's heart was just as unsettled.

But with so many tangled matters, he did not know where to begin explaining the things Grindelwald had already learned and analyzed. He was also somewhat displeased that Grindelwald, just as in the past, was questioning him in such a tone.

There were some things between them that he would only say when he wished to say them himself, not when Grindelwald forced them out of him.

Besides, Grindelwald would not say the same things himself, yet expected Dumbledore to say them first. That truly made no sense.

So, despite the turmoil in his heart, Dumbledore still responded to Grindelwald's questioning with a calm counterquestion.

When Grindelwald heard Dumbledore's response, it was as though a jar of mixed flavors had been overturned in his heart. Sourness, sweetness, bitterness, spiciness, and saltiness all surged forth.

He could no longer contain his emotions. Looking into Dumbledore's eyes, he poured out all the words he had been desperate to say in an impassioned outburst:

"I know, of course I know! I'm asking why you didn't write to tell me about it, why you didn't write to discuss it with me!

"Ariana was resurrected. The thorn between us